Known as Peter.
Alan Chester: “I didn’t know much about the operation as a whole. I think I was recommended by Jack Long as I worked for him, as did Peter Leonard and Traviss Lockwood. I only knew them slightly by face as I never worked with them on the farms. I remember Peter Leonard was a ‘playboy’ who had quite a bit of cash to spend. He would smoke his pipe in the ice house OB and knock it out on the boxes of explosives."
One day Peter Leonard was called down to the Garth because some high ranking men were visiting to inspect. He was told to wear uniform so this he did. Although on turning up at the Garth one of the Lovet Scouts, a Sergeant Macdonald still based there to train men, couldn’t stop laughing at him which he found very puzzling. After a while he calmed himself down and they told Peter why he was laughing! Peter had put his gaiters on upside down!
| Unit or location | Role | Posted from | until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hastingleigh Patrol | Patrol Leader | 10 Aug 1940 | 03 Dec 1944 |
Farmer
Known as Peter in 1939 he was a Special Constable. The son of Percy and Florence, he married Mrs Lilian Patterson, nee Lewis, widow of B.J Patterson (RN), in 1946. In 1957 the couple travelled from their home Sevington Court Lodge, Sevington to New Zealand.
TNA ref WO199/3390 & 1,
Hancock data held at B.R.A,
1939 Register